GWEC: Wind Power to Create 3.3 Million New Jobs in the Next 5 Years

There are 1.2 million jobs in the wind industry globally to date. this number can increase by 3.3 million over the next five years, according to the GWEC.

Official Press Release GWEC:

Wind can power 3.3 million new jobs worldwide over next five years

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New analysis by the Global Wind Energy Council (“GWEC”) shows that 3.3 million new wind power jobs can be created globally over the next five years thanks to major industry expansion. This figure includes direct jobs in both onshore and offshore wind, and covers the entire value chain of the sector: project planning and development; manufacturing; installation; operation and maintenance (O&M); and decommissioning.

With 751 GW of wind power capacity already installed, the wind industry has generated nearly 1.2 million jobs globally to date according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. The world’s leading wind energy countries are home to hundreds of thousands of direct jobs in the wind industry. As of 2020, there were approximately 550,000 wind energy workers in... ... More: Official Press Release GWEC